Wai Ching Lo was born on October 20, 1930 in Canton, China. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 23, 2022. She grew up in a large family as the forth eldest of ten siblings in Canton in the midst of World War II. In her high school days, she enjoyed going to “Afternoon Tea Dances” with her boyfriend, Shiu Kum Ma. In 1952, she married this high school sweetheart in Guangzhou and they spent their honeymoon in Shanghai and Hangzhou, China. Together they had five children (Frances, Kenneth, Alice, Grace, and Judy), five granddaughters, two grandsons and eleven great grandchildren.

Wai Ching studied accounting in high school and worked for the Bank of China in Guangzhou. In 1954, she and her family migrated to Hong Kong. She focused on raising her children in the early years. In 1974 she decided to start a maternity fashion line and became an entrepreneur, successfully expanding from one to three retail locations.

Wai Ching had always enjoyed different performing arts. After she immigrated to Toronto in 1989, she continued with ballroom dancing parties and Chinese opera singing performances. In her last few years, she practiced her opera singing under the apprenticeship of Master Yuk Choy Wong. Wai Ching would often frequent the stage in male acting roles as she was known for her Alto voice. Wai Ching also loved traveling and taking photographs. She had visited many places around the world and enjoyed holiday on cruises with her family.

Wai Ching’s life was filled with an abundance of joy and happiness. She was a resilient woman and an inspiring female role model for her children and grandchildren and all those around her. She exuded constant love, acceptance, kindness, glamour, grace and elegance amongst her family, relatives and friends. She was always loved and respected. She will be deeply missed and remembered fondly by all those whose lives she touched.

馬盧渭貞女士，於1930年10月20日中國廣東省番禺出生。 她於 2022 年 9 月 23 日在睡夢中安詳離世，終年91歲。她在一個大家庭中長大，是 十兄弟姐妹中排行第四，並在二次大戰期間廣州長大。 她在中學時期結識了馬紹錦先生，並於1952年廣州結婚。 他們共有五名孩子：品琪，啟康，品珮，品珊和品蘭、七名外孫和十一名曾孫。

馬盧渭貞女士在高中時學習會計，然後在廣州的中國銀行工作。 1954年，她和家人移居香港並專注撫養孩子。 1974 年，她有見當時孕婦並沒有專屬的時裝，於是她決定親自設計了一系列孕婦時裝，並成為一名企業家，從一個零售點擴展到三個。

1989年移居加拿大多倫多後，馬盧渭貞女士繼續活躍於交際舞會和專注於中國粵曲演唱。 最後幾年，她在黃玉才大師的熏陶下深造了粵曲演唱技巧，常以平喉演出。 除此之外，她也喜歡跟家人週遊列國，曾到世界各國留下足跡及美好的回憶。

馬盧渭貞女士的人生充滿了歡樂和幸福。 她是一位堅毅不屈的女性，是她家人和朋友心目中的榜樣。 她一直散發著善良、仁愛、包容和優雅的魅力。 她總是受到別人的愛戴和尊重，我們都會深深地懷念她。